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    Profile

    This ‘hot-blooded’ CEO is aiming to transform the way burn victims heal

    Cutiss CEO Daniela Marino is funneling her bold personality and expertise in regenerative medicine into a startup developing bioengineered skin grafts.

    By Alexandra Pecci • May 9, 2023
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    Insulin prices have dropped — will Civica still be a disrupter in the field?

    The nonprofit generics maker still sees a need for low-cost insulin despite recent moves by major drugmakers to slash the prices of their popular products. 

    By Karissa Waddick • May 8, 2023
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    Trendline

    Commercialization, marketing and social media

    As the pharma industry stares down a historic patent cliff, macroeconomic headwinds and challenging R&D costs for increasingly complex medicines, nailing the launch of new medicines has become increasingly critical. 

    By PharmaVoice staff
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    Woman of the Week: Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Neena Patil

    Patil’s dual interests in healthcare and law are at the intersection of her C-suite role.

    By May 3, 2023
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    Scientists could finally be closing in on a ‘pill’ for men

    Drug developers have tried — and failed — to create a male contraceptive for decades. Now, one group of scientists might be on the verge of success.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • April 26, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: Brii Biosciences’ Ellee de Groot

    A chemical engineer by training, Brii’s chief technology officer is applying her experience to solve research problems from the clinic to commercial development.

    By April 19, 2023
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    Patient influencers are here to stay — where are the regulations?

    As social media health influencers enter the world of pharma advertising, experts warn that more guardrails are needed to protect the industry and patients.

    By Karissa Waddick • April 17, 2023
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    What’s pharma doing wrong to improve trial diversity? ‘Everything’

    Pharma’s missing the mark when it comes to recruiting Black patients, and Ricki Fairley, CEO of The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, reveals what’s needed.

    By Karissa Waddick • April 12, 2023
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    Woman of the Week: uMotif’s Julia Lakeland

    The chief product officer’s work in transforming clinical trial technology is driven by people.

    By April 12, 2023
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    Where one unicorn struggled, another biotech is aiming for a diabetes win

    Intarcia looked poised to break into a lucrative diabetes implant market but has been dogged by safety issues — now Vivani thinks it’s found a way to succeed.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • April 10, 2023
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    Sponsored by GoodRx

    GoodRx Health is the one-stop-shop for patients — and marketers

    Optimize patient conversion through a single platform with GoodRx: the one-stop-shop for patients — and marketers.

    April 10, 2023
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    Q&A

    5 minutes with — Parexel’s Peyton Howell

    The company’s chief operating and growth officer on her personal quirks and why every pharma leader should read "Getting Naked."

    By April 7, 2023
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    A drug just launched for a disease discovered only 10 years ago

    Pharming just landed an FDA approval for a treatment targeting an ultra-rare immunodeficiency disorder discovered only a decade ago — and it’s already in the hands of patients.

    By Karissa Waddick • April 6, 2023
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    Amgen’s aim for a ‘moonshot’ in cardiovascular disease

    A VP of global development at Amgen explains how treating general medicine diseases could one day resemble approaches in oncology.  

    By April 5, 2023
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    All eyes turn to Karuna as it aims for an approval of a would-be blockbuster

    In the red-hot race for new schizophrenia treatments, Karuna Therapeutics is close to an FDA submission.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • April 3, 2023
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    Opinion

    Leaders wave a magic wand at pharma’s thorniest issues

    The major challenges pharma leaders would solve with a quick flick of an imaginary wand.

    By PharmaVoice staff • March 31, 2023
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    Predator and prey: Harnessing phages to fight antibiotic resistance

    Phages, bacteria’s natural predator, could help combat the growing threat of superbugs. But can these therapies rise above antibiotic market woes?

    By Karissa Waddick • March 30, 2023
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    Seamless clinical trials were created to make studies easier — instead, they’ve become more complex

    Experts weigh in on how companies can design better trials that merge two phases into one.

    By March 29, 2023
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    What would you fix with a ‘magic wand?’ Pharma leaders chime in about clinical trials

    How life science execs would transform clinical trials with a little hocus pocus.

    By PharmaVoice staff • March 24, 2023
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    Everyone says they’re patient-centric, but have they really walked the walk?

    Life science leaders provide practical tips on how to create a sustainable patient-focused culture.

    By Karissa Waddick • March 23, 2023
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    Viral roots: A look at how modern outbreaks began

    As experts wrestle with COVID-19’s lab leak versus animal market debate, here’s what experts say are the suspected origins for some of the worst viral outbreaks in the last century.

    By March 22, 2023
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    ‘The Last of Us’ might be fiction, but fungi are a looming threat

    Fungal infections are a growing challenge for hospitalized patients, and new treatments are badly needed.

    By Kelly Bilodeau • March 20, 2023
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    A biopharma CEO’s quest for global health equity has put him in the running for a Nobel Prize

    Dr. Ryan Saadi, CEO of Tevogen Bio, is making good on a lifelong goal of bringing T cell therapies to people who need them.

    By March 17, 2023
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    Making Moves

    In the fallout from Aduhelm, Biogen’s leadership shakeup continues

    The recent departure of neurodegenerative development head Samantha Budd Haeberlein is just the latest sign of a changing tide among Biogen’s post-Aduhelm leadership.

    By Karissa Waddick • March 16, 2023
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    Profile

    The power of connections for a startup CEO

    Priyanka Dutta-Passecker, head of wound-care specialist Healiva, discusses the importance of tapping her network in starting and running a biotech.

    By Alexandra Pecci • March 14, 2023
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    Babson aims to shed Theranos curse with new blood testing tech

    Babson Diagnostics is trying to create a less invasive blood testing technology — can it gain trust in the post-Theranos era?

    By Kelly Bilodeau • March 13, 2023